![]() ![]() 159 in the distance inĪs the line approached Doscher and Euclid, it turned north. Looking north on Chestnut toward Pitkin Avenue.Ī side view of the station and another view looking east. ![]() This early postcard view shows how the original posts did not leave much room for traffic.Ĭhestnut Street Station, opened December 28, 1893 ![]() Pitkin Avenue, Looking east from Berriman A view of the west-bound platform, and looking west towards Berriman Avenue (thanks Tony!) with the Kinema Theater visible on the right. Montauk Avenue Station, opened March 21, 1892īoth from 1948. I managed to scan it, but there wasn't enough historical interest to merit getting the negative repaired.Īn early view looking north along Linwood under the On the right, we had a badly damaged negative from 1943 of the view west along Pitkin from Linwood Street in 1943. These views, also from 1948, are of the platform.Ī 1948 side view of the station. I believe the first is looking east and the second is looking west. Linwood Street Station, opened Feb 22, 1892 The first is looking west and the second is looking east. On the right, the view is southwest toward Pitkin and New Jersey Avenues, also circa 1950. Looking southeast toward the station circa 1950. The website has a number of early maps and a lot of images of the line, for those interested in more material. The second map, from 1924, shows the Dual Contracts extension out to Lefferts Boulevard. The first map, from 1912, shows the line all the out to the "City Line". The locomotive is not backwards, the "tender first" is part of the design. (Given the name of the line it must be dated between 18). If you want an idea of what was pulling these trains before electrification, this image, not in East New York, That subway line was extended out to Euclid Avenue, and after creating a connection to the Dual Contracts extension in 1956, the entire elevated section in East New York was redundant. Service along the elevated line out to Rockaway Avenue was discontinued in 1940, but the war delayed extension of the subway. The introduction of the IND subway line in 1936 was to eventually spell the demise of this line. The Dual Contracts provided for an extension of the line from Grant Avenue out to Lefferts Boulevard in 1915. The extension out to Grant Avenue was completed December 28, 1893. The extension into East New York to the Van Siclen Avenue station was completed November 18, 1889. In East New York, the company did not have rights to the coveted Jamaica Avenue or Fulton Street routes (cemetery visitors were big business for the transportation companies) and was forced to turn south at Snediker Avenue, then east at Pitkin Avenue. The first section completed ran from Fulton Ferry to Nostrand Avenue, and opened April 24, 1888. As with most of the early train lines, it was constructed by a private company, the Kings County Elevated Railroad Co. The Fulton Elevated Line This defunct elevated line ran along Pitkin Avenue, turning north at Euclid and then east again at Liberty Avenue. ![]()
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